All Across the Universe's Julie Taymor shakes up Shakespeare with her adaptation of Tempest, retrofitting the fantastical tale with a female lead, casting Academy-Award winning actress Helen Mirren in what is usually the male role of Prospero. The storyline follows the newly-coined Prospera (Mirren), an exiled magician who uses her powers to call upon a tempest to bring her enemies to the island she'd been forced to call home, not knowing that it would bring a suitor to her daughter, Miranda (Felicity Jones). The Miramax production also stars Jeremy Irons, Djimon Hounsou, Russell Brand, Alfred Molina, Ben Wishaw and Felicity Jones. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide